The Embouchure Project

Send a text Introducing The Embouchure Project Podcast! Join host Frankie Lo Surdo and producer Gabriel Radford, as they interview world-leading experts in the fields relating to embouchure health, dysfunction and rehabilitation! This podcast was created with the intent to become a resource for performers, educators, and medical professionals as we seek to understand the brass player's embouc...

Send a text Today we welcome Dr. Xenos Mason. Xenos is a founding member of The Embouchure Project, and a force behind much of the medical research resulting from the Project. He is Assistant professor of clinical neurological surgery and neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, having completed medical training at the Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts...

Send a text Joseph Alessi is widely recognized as one of the world’s finest trombone players. He has been the Principal Trombonist with the New York Philharmonic since 1985. For the past 40 years, he has been travelling the world performing as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and festival guest. He is a renowned teacher at the Juilliard School and has taught countless students who have gone on...

Send a text Today we welcome Dr. Eckart Altenmüller, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of neurophysiology and neuropsychology of musicians. He holds a Masters degree in Classical flute, and a MD and PhD in Neurology and Neurophysiology. Since 1994, he has been chair and director of the Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine in Hannover Germany. He continues research in...

Send a text Today, we welcome Glen Estrin, an in-demand horn player who spent years working, recording and touring as Frank Sinatra’s go-to horn player.  in May 1998, he lost his ability to play and was subsequently diagnosed with Embouchure Dystonia by Dr. Stephen Frucht.  After an overwhelming response to an article they wrote together about the condition in the newsletter for AFM Local 802 - Ne...

Send a text The Embouchure Project Co-Founder and Podcast Producer, Gabriel Radford is back! This time, he goes into his own experience with embouchure dysfunction, and his journey coming back from that.  ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriel Radford is Third Horn of the Toronto Symphony, a position he has held since 2002. He taught for many years at the Universi...

Send a text Dr. Bronwen Ackermann is back for more with The Embouchure Project Podcast! This time she gets into more of the nitty gritty of how medical professionals who are not in the field of musician injury and rehabilitation can join the fun with us musicians! ---------------------------------- Bronwen is Associate Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Medi...

Send a text Today we welcome legendary teacher and horn player, Gail WIlliams. She began her career in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1978 and stayed there until 1998, when she became professor of horn at Northwestern University. She continues to play and teach around the world. She is known for her kindness, wisdom and honesty. She will modestly tell you that she teaches the same thing over an...

Send a text Join host Frankie Lo Surdo and TEP Producer and Co-founder, Gabriel Radford as they dive deep into ways to recognize embouchure dysfunction, facilitate recovery, and also how to prevent future experiences with this all-too-common issue for brass players! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriel Radford is Third Horn of the Toronto Symphony, a...

Send a text This episode is a podcast preview where we will outline what we hope to achieve through the EP. In this mini-episode we will introduce you to Dr. Bronwen Ackermann whose work forms the underpinning of The Embouchure Project.  Bronwen is Associate Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Medical School. She is a specialist in musicians' physiothera...